Five Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 28

1. All four Falls Church area varsity football teams are in action tonight. Here’s the slate: Mason @ Clarke County, 7:30 p.m.; South Lakes @ Marshall, 7:30 p.m.; Falls Church @ Hayfield, 7:30 p.m.; Stuart @ Washington and Lee, 7:30 p.m.
2. The Walter Mess Plaza will be dedicated with Walter Mess being honored by grateful notables on Oct. 29 at 1 pm. at 400 N. Oak St. on the W&OD Trail in the City of Falls Church next to the American Legion. 
3. On this day in 1962, Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending the crisis.
4. On this day in 1997, the NBA announced the hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as the first women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league.
5. If today is your birthday, you share it with Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (56-years-old) and actress Julia Roberts (44-years-old). Happy birthday!

If there is something we missed and you feel should be in our Five Things, let us know in the comment box below. We would love to have your input!